Overview
- Fire erupted around 4 a.m. in Ebern‑Eyrichshof in the Haßberge district, engulfing a barn storing roughly 4,000 tyres.
- Fire crews conducted a controlled burn after determining the tyre stockpile was impractical to extinguish.
- Police warned residents in Eyrichshof, Fischbach and Ebern to close windows because a toxic smoke cloud formed.
- About 100 firefighters responded, and one suffered a minor smoke inhalation injury.
- Damage is estimated at about €500,000, and the outbuilding belongs to the Schloss Eyrichshof estate and was rented to a tyre dealer.